Ganna Smirnova presents Bharata Natyam program

The Indian Culture Centre, Colombo is organising a Bharata Natyam Dance program by Ganna Smirnova and her disciple Oxana, well known Bharata Natyam exponents from Ukraine at 6.00 pm tomorrow at ICC auditorium.

Ganna Smirnova did her Post-Graduate Diploma in Indian Classical Dance (Bharata Natyam) with the ICCR Scholarship from Triveni Kala Sangam under the legendary Guru Jayalakshmi Eswar 1998-2003 and empanelled as an artiste by ICCR since 2004. She is a teacher of Indian classical Dance and Yoga in the Department of Arts and Aesthetic Education in the T.G.Shevchenko National University since 2004 onwards.

She has been training and teaching the students of the university as well as the enrolled students from outside. Since 2009 She is doing research work on the subject of Aesthetics of Indian Temple Dances Tradition and Contemporary World at the Department of Arts and Aesthetics of the T.G. Shevchenko National University Kiev, Ukraine.She has done her Post Graduate Diploma with the specialisation in choreography from the Kyiv National university of culture and art (1993-1997). She was conferred with the Ensemble Award by the Kyiv cultural city administration 2009, Natya Shiromani Award by the Cuttack Mahotsava and Natyaa Saaradhi Award by the Bharath Mahotsav 20012. She has published Indian temple dances named as “Indian temple Dances Tradition, Philosophy and Legends” and published seven scientific research articles in various scientific Journals under the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on Indian aesthetics and philosophy. The admission is free on first come first served basis.

World Hindi Day celebrations

Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo is organising the “World Hindi Day” on January 10 from 3.30 pm to 7 pm in its auditorium in Colombo 7.

As part of the celebrations certificates will be distributed to the students who passed the Hindi examinations and prizes will be given to the winners of the competitions held in Hindi Diwas. It will be followed by a conference on “Influence of Hindi in Sri Lanka”.

Ashok K. Kantha, High Commissioner of India will be inaugurating the conference as the chief guest.The participants in the conference will be Saranaguptha Weerasinghe, Founder and Director of Hindi Niketan, Prof. Lakshman Senevirathna, University of Kelaniya, Prof. Indralatha Dissanayake, (retired) University of Kelaniya and Mrs. Nilanthi Rajapakse, University of Jayewardenepura.

The conference will be followed by a variety program by ICC students.